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Three Cardinals Selected to All-MIVA Teams
April 16, 2025 | Men's Volleyball
MUNCIE, Ind. – Three Cardinals have been named to the All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) Teams the league announced Wednesday.Â
Outside hitters Tinaishe Ndavazocheva and Patrick Rogers were named First-Team All-MIVA and opposite Rajé Alleyne earned second team honors.
Ndavazocheva, a senior from Masvingo, Zimbabwe, is now a three-time All-MIVA first team honoree. This year, he was an offensive asset for the Cardinals, adding 245.5 points while averaging 3.66 points per set. He ended the regular season hitting a .382 clip with 209 recorded kills.Â
Rogers, a junior from Rutherford, New Jersey is earning his second-consecutive All-MIVA First Team honors. He led the team through the regular season with 417 points, 347 kills, 33 aces and 180 digs. As a major playmaker for the Cardinals, Rogers opened the 2025 season being named the MIVA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career.
In his first year with the Cardinals, Alleyne became a huge addition to the teams' success. The senior from Bridgetown, Barbados, earned First Team All-MIVA honors in the 2023 and 2024 seasons with Quincy as the Hawks' lead scorer.Â
This season, Alleyne was Ball State's second highest scorer, adding 317 points, 273 kills and 19 aces. He also led the team at a 4.01 points per set average.Â
Ball State will enter the post season as the fifth seed, taking on No. 4 Lewis in the MIVA Quarterfinals. The match will take place at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville, Illinois.Â
Outside hitters Tinaishe Ndavazocheva and Patrick Rogers were named First-Team All-MIVA and opposite Rajé Alleyne earned second team honors.
Ndavazocheva, a senior from Masvingo, Zimbabwe, is now a three-time All-MIVA first team honoree. This year, he was an offensive asset for the Cardinals, adding 245.5 points while averaging 3.66 points per set. He ended the regular season hitting a .382 clip with 209 recorded kills.Â
Rogers, a junior from Rutherford, New Jersey is earning his second-consecutive All-MIVA First Team honors. He led the team through the regular season with 417 points, 347 kills, 33 aces and 180 digs. As a major playmaker for the Cardinals, Rogers opened the 2025 season being named the MIVA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career.
In his first year with the Cardinals, Alleyne became a huge addition to the teams' success. The senior from Bridgetown, Barbados, earned First Team All-MIVA honors in the 2023 and 2024 seasons with Quincy as the Hawks' lead scorer.Â
This season, Alleyne was Ball State's second highest scorer, adding 317 points, 273 kills and 19 aces. He also led the team at a 4.01 points per set average.Â
Ball State will enter the post season as the fifth seed, taking on No. 4 Lewis in the MIVA Quarterfinals. The match will take place at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville, Illinois.Â
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